. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 354 CITIZEN BIRD cried Rap, unable to keep still any longer. " I saw a pair of them doing it this year, when I was out with the miller, looking for his colt that had strayed into the big Avoods beyond the pond. He said he knew there must be a Woodcock about, because he saw the little round holes in the mud, where they had been boring for earthworms, and that is the way he knows where to find them in the fall when he wants to go ; es, but how did they dance ? " persisted Dodo. -Oh! like crazy thi
. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 354 CITIZEN BIRD cried Rap, unable to keep still any longer. " I saw a pair of them doing it this year, when I was out with the miller, looking for his colt that had strayed into the big Avoods beyond the pond. He said he knew there must be a Woodcock about, because he saw the little round holes in the mud, where they had been boring for earthworms, and that is the way he knows where to find them in the fall when he wants to go ; es, but how did they dance ? " persisted Dodo. -Oh! like crazy things with wings I First one ran around a little and whistled ; tlien one jumped. right off into the American Woodcock. air. making whirring a with his wings until he was way up out of sight, and then after a little while he came pitching down zig-zag, like a kite that has lost its tail, Avhistling something like the way a Swallow twitters, and making a queer twanging noise. The other one stayed on the ground and jigged about all the time. I would have liked to watch longer, but we had to find the colt, you ; " Now write your tables," said the Doctor, " for it is nearly ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company
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